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Arab diaries
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produced by Deborah Davies, Daoud Kuttab, & Ilan Ziv ; a Tamouz Media
presentation. |
HN766.A8 A73 2000
v. 2 |
Five-part documentary series
about contemporary life across the Arab world, with a focus on women's
stories. "[Pt. 1] Birth: the story of a Palestinian woman caught up in a
cycle of pregnancies because of social pressure to produce a male child, and
two other stories of babies, one in need, the other absent, in Syria and
Iraq. [Pt. 2] Youth: four young women striving for independence and
empowerment in Algeria, Egypt, and Lebanon. [Pt. 3] Love and marriage: the
stories of people confronting obstacles to their personal relationships and
happiness in Algeria and Lebanon. [Pt. 4] Work: explores the hopes and
aspirations of Arab men and women as embodied in the dreams and realities of
flying. [Pt. 5] Home, or Maids in my family: a Moroccan woman confronts her
liberal bourgeois family and their servants about the relationship between
them."--www.frif.com. |
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Becoming a woman in Okrika
/ by Judith Gleason and Elisa Mereghetti Tesser ; produced by Kamel Film. |
GN483.3 .B4 1990 |
Documents an extraordinary
coming of age ritual in a village in the Niger Delta, Nigeria, suggesting
the conflict Third World women face between traditions and the values of the
modern world. The rite, called Iria, consists of elaborately painting the
young women's bodies with beautiful designs ; subjecting their bodies to
public scrutiny by the elder women ; methodically fattening them ; and
teaching them the responsibilities of womanhood. After an elaborate
celebration, they run a race pursued by young men and their leader,
representing a mythological personage who is armed with sticks. By passing
through this rite, the women let go of girlish fantasies and prepare for
childbearing. |
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The cutting edge : Uganda
/ producer/director, Charlotte Metcalf. |
HQ1233 .N674 1996 |
Documentary film, shot in the
Kapchorway region of Uganda, looks at the success story of the REACH project
in northern Uganda which replaces the dangerous practice of
female genital mutilation with
ceremonies for the exchange of cattle and gifts to welcome young girls into
the adult community. |
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Eritrea, women combat prejudices
; Kenya, entering the politicians den
/ A production of Common Ground Productions, The Media Peace Centre, Ubuntu
Film and Television. |
DT393.4 .E75 1997 |
Eritrea looks at changes in the
county since independence, and specifically the battle between traditional
and contemporary ideas about the role of women. Kenya offers an interview
with Wangari Maathai about her Greenbelt movement. |
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Femmes aux yeux ouverts =
Women with open eyes
/ un film de Anne Laure Folly ; produit par Amanou Production. |
HQ1788 .F45 1994 |
Surveys social conditions faced
by women in Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal and Benin, including circumcision,
forced marriage, AIDS, and economic repression. Examines grass-roots efforts
toward education and improvement as Africa opens to democracy. |
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Finzan
/ une co-production, Kora Films, ZDF, CNPC ; scénario et réalisation, Cheick
Oumar Sissoko. |
PN1997.A23
F535 |
Tells the story of
two women's rebellion. Nanyuma, a young widow, refuses her brother-in-law,
the village fool, when he asserts his traditional right to "inherit" her.
Fili, a young girl sent from the city by her conservative father, is
brutally circumcised by the village women who are scandalized that she
resists the age-old custom. |
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Fire eyes : a film
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[presented by] Persistent Productions ; written and directed by Soraya Mire. |
GN484 .F57 1994 |
Fire eyes explores the
socio-economic, psychological and medical consequences of the ancient custom
of female circumcision which is performed on more than 80 million women
worldwide. In this film, several women who have experienced this "rite of
passage" voice varying points of view on perpetuating the practice. |
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From sunup= Kumekucha
/ Catholic Foreign Mission Society of
America, Inc. ; a film by Flora M'mbugu-Schelling. |
DT442.5 .F7 1987 |
Filmed in Tanzania with an all
African crew, the film documents Tanzanian women's daily lives as family
providers who farm and run small businesses in order to feed their children.
Shows how one group of women organized to improve their economic situation
and, in interviews, women describe their relationships with their husbands
and other women. |
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These girls are missing
/ a film by Shari Robertson and Michael Camerini. New York, NY : Filmakers Library, [199-?] |
LC2412
.T48 1990 |
"... in many African countries,
fewer than 20% of girls ever enter a classroom, and across the continent,
only one woman in three learns to read." "These girls are missing offers
small sets of stories, sharp glimpses into a few intimate relationships
layered to mirror the complex reality ..."--Container. |
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God gave her a Mercedes Benz
/ SFINX Film/TV ; directed by Katia Forbert Petersen ; concept and research
by Ingrid Nyström. |
HD6054.4.T6 G6 1993 |
Documentary. Colorful markets of
Africa are often dominated by strong older women, who control prices and
determine who can buy their goods. These women are affectionately referred
to as Mama Benz because each one has a chauffeur-driven Mercedes Benz. This
film focuses on one woman who presides over the cloth market in Lomé, Togo. |
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Griottes of the Sahel :
female keepers of the Songhay oral tradition in Niger
/ a production of the Center for Instructional Design and Integrated
Technologies ; produced in association with the College of the Liberal Arts,
Pennsylvania State University ; WPSX-TV ; producer/writer, Thomas A. Hale ;
director/editor, Marie Hornbein ; executive producer, Frank Wilson. |
DT547.45.S65 G75 1991 |
Griottes maintain the oral
tradition of the Songhay people by singing praises of people and recounting
genealogy. Their music and dance are important elements of ceremonies and
social events. |
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In my country : an
international perspective on gender
/ Utah Valley State College. |
GN479.65 .I5 1993 |
Respondents from thirteen
different countries offer a personal perspective on life in their cultures
with regard to gender. Countries represented include: Sweden, Taiwan,
Mexico, Fiji, India, St. Vincent (Caribbean), Jerusalem, Lebanon, Zaire,
England, China, El Salvador, and Japan. |
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Masai
women
/ Granada Television International ; producer and director, Chris Curling. |
DT443.3.M37 M37 1990 |
An ethnographic view of Masai
culture and society, focusing on the preparation of young Masai girls for
marriage and life in their society. Probes, through a candid interview with
an older woman, the feelings of the Masai women about polygamy and their
inability to own property. |
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Monday's girls
/ BBC TV ; director, Ngozi Onwurah ; producer, Lloyd Gardner. |
GN483.3 .M66 1994 |
A tribal chieftain's daughter
who has lived in a large city for some time agrees to return to her native
village for traditional pre-marital ceremonies involving body painting,
public breast examination and five-weeks' confinement to "fattening rooms."
Her refusal to fully participate in the ritual sparks a crisis underlining
the conflict between traditional and modern African lifestyles. |
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The nouba of the women of Mount
Chenoua
/ Algerian Television ; written and directed by Assia Djebar. |
PN1997.A23 N683 |
Story of an Algerian woman
engineer who returns to Algeria after a long Western exile. |
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Operation fine girl :
rape used as a weapon of war in Sierra Leone
/ a Witness production in association with Oxygen Media ; produced and
directed by Lilibet Foster. |
HV6569.S5 O64 2001 |
Documentary about the use of
sexual violence against women as a weapon in the Sierra Leone civil war. |
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The Preferred sex ; The
desired number. |
HQ766.5.N6 P74 1995 |
In many societies, a woman is
valued according to her reproductive efficiency. Her status in family and
community depends on her ability to bear children of the desired number and
of the desired sex. Film investigates the condition of women in Nigeria and
India through interviews with husbands, wives, clergy and family planning
personnel. |
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Rights of passage : four
stories of survival
/ Diane Best, Kinross Films
Production ; produced and directed by Diane Best ; written by Ronald H.
Blumer and Diane Best. |
HQ798 .R57 1994 |
This documentary presents the
stories of the coming of age of four girls from Nicaragua, India, Jamaica
and Burkino Faso, West Africa. Purberty is too often the beginning of a life
of abuse and early death in many societies. |
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The soul eaters
/ a
Witness production ; writer & producer, Stephanie Lucas. |
HQ1814 .S68 2001 |
"The Soul Eaters examines the
challenges facing women in Western Africa, who are held responsible for
unexplained deaths in their communities, and are accused of engaging in
witchcraft and sorcery. In Burkina Faso, a "soul eater" is typically a woman
who is past child bearing age, someone who may not have children, or someone
who exhibits behavior that is somehow 'socially unacceptable'. Driven from
their villages, often with no place to go, these women are marginalized from
society, and many are unable to ever return to their homes."--Witness
website. |
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Warrior marks
/ a Hauer Rawlence Production in
association with Our Daughters Have Mothers, Inc. for Channel 4 ; producer
and director, Pratibha Parmar. |
GN484 .W3523 1993 |
Documentary about female genital
mutilation in Africa. Includes interviews with victims, activists against
female circumcision, and circumsizers. |